1. Newsletter VIII 2024 - February 18th to 24th - News+ On the death of the Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny

    To fight for the freedoms that we will urgently need in the coming dark years, many are calling for fundamental rights to be restricted. Even in the taz, a newspaper that was founded out of an impetus critical of authority and that campaigned for freedoms and against state repression, suddenly authoritarian demands can be found: One must "all constitutional...

  2. Newsletter III 2024 - January 14th to 20th - Current news + Psychological explanations for doing nothing

    with the quote from the well-known British High Judge Lord Sumption: “Freedom of expression includes the right to publish information, even if it is controversial, disturbing or embarrasses authorities or other people.” Anyone who believes in a free society, in a free press and in a fair justice must be convinced that Assange has been on...

  3. Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy

    Bernardo Arévalo put obstacles in his way. He will still take office in January. HAMBURG taz | Even after more than sixty days of protests, the ability of Guatemala's indigenous authorities to mobilize remains unbroken. On Monday, tens of thousands protested around the Ministerio Público, the Attorney General's Office, and the Parliament in Guatemala City against the "Pact of the Corrupt"...

  4. Newsletter XLVII 2023 - November 19th to 25th - News+ Spectacular setback for the development of small nuclear reactors in the USA - The dead horse

    Social democratic lawyer H. Heller coined the term authoritarian liberalism as early as 1934: "As soon as the economy is talked about, the authoritarian state completely renounces its authority, and its supposedly conservative spokesmen only know the slogan: freedom of the economy from the state," This does not mean “the state’s abstinence from subsidy policy for...

  5. Newsletter XLVI 2023 - November 12th to 18th - News+ Violence as a consequence of climate change: No cool heads

    "It is so that the settlements' rapid reaction forces - made up of local settlers - have been recruited into reserve duty and are now in uniform with weapons and fully equipped with the authority of soldiers." The Palestinians would essentially have nothing left to protect themselves, he adds... * Cement | CO2 emissions | Concrete mix Slag makes concrete...

  6. Newsletter XXXVIII 2023 - September 17th to 23rd - News+ A future that I dread

    vetoed the Iraq war, Russia didn't care about the UN over the war in Ukraine, and China did the same with its threat of war against Taiwan. There is still no global authority to ensure order between the numerous states and governments. The United Nations has rarely managed to unite the eight billion people as a global community or as...

  7. Newsletter XXXIII 2023 - August 13th to 19th - News+ Military coup in Niger: Uranium mining and environmental destruction as deeper reasons?

    changed, every time has its own taboos. There is always something offensive about comedy because it violates everyday rules. I was a student at the time and made jokes that particularly hurt those in authority. [...] "So we can't warn enough about comedy," is his humorous conclusion. He then adds: "As if there were no other problems than old ones...

  8. Newsletter XXVIII 2023 - July 9-15 - News+ Bulgaria wants to sell Russian reactors to Ukraine

    Monday evening (local time) near Johnson Key 36,1 degrees. Another buoy had recorded a temperature of nearly 35 degrees near Vaca Key the day before... * Empathy | Resilience | Authority “Those who cry with wolves” Obedience and resilience A neuropsychiatrist explains why only independent thinking and critical questioning can help build resilience against authoritarian structures...

  9. From uranium mining and processing, to nuclear research, the construction and operation of nuclear plants including nuclear power plant accidents, to dealing with nuclear waste and nuclear weapons! - Worldwide, almost, everything at a glance with Google Maps

    while poets and journalists usually work with connotation and paint pictures for the mind. Although denotative meanings may be correct, it is the images that have the authority. They can make words even more powerful than swords. And here lies one of the challenges of the nuclear industry, unfortunate images... Translate with https://www.deepl.com/translator...

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